I bought this album back in oh, I guess 1987. It was recorded and released I believe in 1985. Nurse With Wound was for me one of those listening experiences that you just don't forget. Though I lost this album forever in 1995--I hadn't listened to it in several years at that point--it accompanied me through some seminal events in my life, mainly between 1988 and 1990. I used to take LSD back in those days, and never did I miss the chance to throw on Sylvie and Babs, with its totally disarming cover. People did n0t know what they were in for. Like hearing Johnny Cash for the first time sing on the Folsom Prison album that he "shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die." Only without the ensuing applause.

At the time, 1987, 1988, and into 1989, I was pursuing so-called "industrial" music. Mainly catching up on all the Throbbing Gristle I missed out on in the 1970s. But I also lump Big Black into "industrial" because it sounded like a chorus of semi-tuned chainsaws backed by a cacaphonous, thunderous rabble of drums. Test Department was another. SWANS. Sweet, apocalyptic SWANS. A band worth rediscovring, to say the least, or maybe discovering.

What else can I say about Sylvie and Babs? "Players" included Mr. Stapleton, of course. Also Edward Ka-spel, J.G. Thirwell (alias Clint Ruin), and Graeme Revell who has gone on to do many soundtracks. Two songs, one per side. Including "You Walrus Hurt the One You Love" and "Great Balls of Fur." Vinyl. On L.A.Y.L.A.H. Anti-Records and also a version pressed on United Dairies. I think.

Anyhow, if you are willing to explore the Dali-esque in music, look for this somewhere. Mine's lost and I'm trying to replace it. Wish me luck.

http://www.brainwashed.com/nww/